A weakness in previous versions of PostgreSQL was found in the security definer functions in which an authenticated but otherwise unprivileged SQL user could use temporary objects to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the security-definer function.

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR CORPORATE SERVER/DESKTOP 3.0 USERS:

In addition, packages for Corporate Server/Desktop 3.0 have been updated to the latest PostgreSQL 7.4.17 which requires some attention when upgrading. To take advantage of the new version, and to ensure data coherency, we strongly recommend dumping the old databases, re-initializing the database, and then reloading the dumped data. This can be accomplished as root using:

Only Corporate Server/Desktop 3.0 requires the dump/reload steps; the other Mandriva Linux platforms do not require this step. Notice that the double-restart of the postgresql service is in fact required.

Updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. _______________________________________________________________________